China: Are you brave enough to cross this glass-bottomed bridge suspended over a canyon?

You have to be brave to walk across a glass bridge suspended over a deep canyon. That's why the newly opened attraction in the Shiniuzhai National Geological Park in China's Hunan province has been named 'Haohan Qiao', meaning 'Brave Men's Bridge' in English.

An aerial view of the glass suspension bridge in the Shiniuzhai National Geological park in Pinging County, Hunan Province, ChinaReuters

The bridge is 300 metres- (nearly a thousand feet) long and spans a canyon that is 180 metres- (590 feet) deep in places. Its glass panes are 24mm- (about an inch) thick. The bridge's designers say it can carry the weight of 800 visitors at any given time.

China has announced plans for another glass-bottomed suspension bridge in the Zhangjiajie Canyon area, which is said to have inspired the scenery in James Cameron's film Avatar.

Tourists walk along the 300m-long glass bridge spanning a canyon that is about 180 metres deepChina Daily/ReutersA tourist looks through the thick glass into the gorge belowChinaFotoPress via Getty ImagesTourists walk along the 300m-long glass suspension bridgeChinaFotoPress via Getty ImagesTourists take a selfie on the suspension bridge made of glassChinaFotoPress via Getty Images